Pole-tip.



L. J. LUGEY.

POLE TIP. APPLICATION FILED MAY21.1006.

THE NORRIS PETERS co., wasumcrou, nc;

v PATENTEDMAR.5;19 07. I

LEO J. LUOEY, OF BROKEN BOW, NEBRASKA.

POLE-TIP.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented March 5, 1907.

Application filed May 21, 1906. Serial No- 818,001.

T0 120% whont it may concern.-

Be it known that I, LEO J. LUoEY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Broken Bow, in the county of Custer and State of Nebraska, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Pole-Tips, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to an improved tip for vehicle-poles, and has for its primary object to provide a device of this character which can be readily applied to the pole of any vehicle and which is peculiarly constructed so as to admit of the neck-yoke being easily placed in position and to hold it securely against accidental displacement.

For a full description of the invention and the merits thereof and also to acquire a knowledge of the details of construction of the means for effecting the result reference is to be had to the following description and accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a side elevation of the device, the osition of neck-yoke center when ulling bac ward being indicated in dotte lines. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view, the position of the neck-yoke center when pulling forwardly beingindicated by dotted lines; and Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the poleti Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the following description and indicated in all the views of the drawings by the same reference characters.

The numeral 1 designates the sleeve or thimble, which is adapted to be slipped over the extremity of the vehicle-pole 2 and which is held in position by means of the fastening members 3. A pair of s aced lugs 4 project downwardly from the s eeve 1 and are inclined slightly forward, as shown in the drawings, in order to form an effective bearing for the neck-yoke center when the same is being pulled backward, as shown in Fig. 1. A lever 5 is pivotally mounted between the two spaced lugs 4, and the forward end of the lever is bent upwardly into engagement with the sleeve 1 and provided with a rearwardlyextending arm 6, which normally lies within a cut-away portion 7 at the lower side of the forward end of the sleeve 1. The inner extremity of the arm 6 is beveled, and the shoulder 8 formed upon the sleeve 1 by the cutaway portion 7 is beveled in a similar manner, so as to form a close joint when the two are brought together. A spring 9 is interposed between the rear end of the lever 5 and the sleeve 1, and in order to hold the spring in position'a rod 10 is emploved which is rigidly connected to the sleeve and passed loosely through an opening in the lever. This rod also tends to hold the lever against lateral movement. When it is desired to connect the neck-yoke to the pole, the forward end of the lever 5 is pushed downwardly, so as to compress the spring 9. This operation is facilitated by the fact that the portion of the lever adjacent the sleeve 1 is cut away at an angle and the finger-hold 11 thus formed. The neck-yoke center can then be readily slipped against the lugs 4 and is then securely held in position. Should the tugs become loosened and the neck-yoke be pulled forward, it will be apparent that the neckyoke center will be prevented from slipping over the end of the pole by means of the rearwardly-extending arm 6 upon the lever, as shown in Fig. 2.

Having thus described the invention, what is'claimed as new is In a device of the character described, the combination of a pole, a sleeve slipped over the extremity of the pole, said sleeve having the forward portion of the lower side thereof cut away and being provided at an intermediate point with a pair of spaced downwardlyrojecting lugs, a lever pivotally mounted at an intermediate point between the lugs, the forward end of the lever extending upwardly into engagement with the sleeve and being provided with a rearwardlyextending arm which normally lies within the before-mentioned cut-away portion in the forward end of the sleeve, a rod rigidly connected to the sleeve and passing loosely through an opening in the opposite end of the lever, and a spring held in position by the rod and interposed between the sleeve and the lever.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

LEO J. LUCEY. [L. s.] Witnesses:

J. G. LEONARD, I. A. RENEAU. 

